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  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fa...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Sunday 26 September 2021 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.Amen. A...

  • The good side of Bless Unleashed

    Posted September 25, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    Regarding Bless Unleashed, this free MMO, players have different opinions about it. Some players spoke highly of it and prepared enough Bless Unleashed Star Seeds. But there are still some players who are not very good at it. Some players play it with a half-hearted attitude. In fact, everything has...

  • It’s Time To Speak With Authority

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    delight to do thy will, O my God…I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth – Psalm 40:8,10   In this messianic psalm, Jesus speaks by prophecy thousands of years before his birth in Bethlehem. And he declares, &ldqu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: I Am He Who Lives I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. Revelation 1:18   Jesus said, “I am He who lives” (Revelation 1:18), for in His death and resurrection He overcame sin and death. Even though you...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord Jesus,   Thank You for all of Your promises, especially Your promise of abundant life...   I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly, John 10:10   Thank You...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Cleophas St. Cleophas (1st c.) was one of Jesus' seventy disciples, and one of the two disciples who were traveling along the road to Emmaus after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus in Jerusalem, as recounted in Luke's Go...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 25, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "So, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Colossians 2:6-7  

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 454 Reading I Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered, “To measur...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,43b-45): While all were amazed at everything Jesus did, He said to his disciples, «Listen and remember what I tell you now: The Son of Man will be d...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of PoitiersThe water of the river gives joy to God's city The river of God...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, c...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary  (First Vespers of tomorrow, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today,...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Saturday 25 September 2021 Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without e...

  • Sejren flytter United 10 point

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Nieves Maria

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  • Comfort One Another

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Comfort one another with these words– 1 Thessalonians 4:18   These words comfort. These words speak real consolation to real heartaches and real sorrow. These words, when received by faith and firmly fixed before our eyes, are sufficient to bring hope to even the darkest times and deepe...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Salt & The Rotten Friday, September 24, 2021   Now sometimes at home I smell something not quite right. I'll go to the refrigerator and hunt through it until I find something. It might be a Tupperware dish to open up. It was something else in another life; but it died. This...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit Who Dwells in You But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Romans 8:11   The Spirit W...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   I feel so busy and stressed at times.   There is so much to do ... working at home and outside my home, activities at church and school, taking time to exercise, appointments, family obligations, invitat...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 24, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4:7-10

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Gerard Sagredo St. Gerard Sagredo (980–1046 A.D.) was born in Venice, Italy. From an early age he desired to dedicate his life to God, and as a young man became a Benedictine monk. He first served as abbot at a monastery in V...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "But you, be self-possessed in all circumstances; put up with hardship; perform the work of an evangelist; fulfill your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have competed well; I have f...

  • Feast Day

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Today’s Feast Day Our Lady of Ransom (Our Lady of Mercy) St. Peter Nolasco (12th c.) was inspired to establish a religious order for the ransom of Christians from Muslim captivity. On August 1, 1218 the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Peter Nolasco ...

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 453 Reading I Hg 2:1-9 In the second year of King Darius, on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: Tell this to the governor of Judah, Zerub...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 25th in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,18-22): One day when Jesus was praying alone, not far from his disciples, He asked them, «What do people say about me?». And they answered, «Some say that you...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsAll good shepherds are in the one Shepherd We have seen that Christ feeds you with judgement, ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fath...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Friday 24 September 2021 Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the Fathe...

  • Why Path of Exile players choose the Duelist Class?

    Posted September 23, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    Path of Exile's interesting game mechanism allows players to choose different classes and create their own unique characters in the game according to their own ideas. But more people will choose Duelist Class, which seems not surprising. At the same time, everyone wants to have excellent performance...

  • Jesus Is Our Example

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God – Mark 10:18   While some have misunderstood this passage to teach that Jesus did not claim to be God, it is actually one of the brightest displays of his divinity. By demonstrating an unyielding pas...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Transparent in Heart Thursday, September 23, 2021   Messiah said, "blessed are the pure in heart." The word used in Greek not only means pure, but it means clear. In fact, it's used to mean heaven, the glass-like appearance of heaven. Blessed are the clear in heart, blessed...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: He Who is Holy and True These things says He who is holy, He who is true. Revelation 3:7   Jesus is called “He who is holy” (Revelation 3:7). Great revivals in past centuries began when believers saw God’s holiness. It was then that believers saw t...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear God,   Thank You for this beautiful new day.   I come before You and humbly ask that You will create in me a clean heart, and forgive me of my sins and failures, as David prayed...   Create in me a clean hear...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 23, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous ...

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    Posted September 22, 2021 by Emilio Caraballo

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  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968) was born to peasant farmers in southern Italy. By the time he was 5 years old he practiced a life of penance and made the decision to give himself completely t...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Verse of the Day "O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever." 1 Chronicles 16:34

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Lectionary: 452 Reading I Hg 1:1-8 On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius, The word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel,...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,7-9): King Herod heard of all that Jesus was doing and did not know what to think, for people said, «This is John, raised from the dead». Othe...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)  on Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) From the letters of St Pius of PietrelcinaStones of the eternal dwelling With ...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)  on Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)  on Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our ai...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)  on Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Thursday 23 September 2021 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the F...

  • How to take shortcuts to make more ESO Gold

    Posted September 22, 2021 by YYYY JJJ

    ESO Gold is a form of currency in The Elder Scrolls Online. Every player needs its help in the process of performing tasks or personal development. They can use these ESO Gold to enhance their racial skill attributes, they can buy powerful mounts to help them improve their mission completion rates, ...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Your Divine Fiance Wednesday, September 22, 2021   When you deal with couples who are getting married, as a pastor, you need to encourage them to prepare. They end up preparing for the wedding but not for the marriage. That's what it's all about. The wedding is just one day, bu...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit Whom He Has Given Us Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1 John 3:24   The Holy Spirit is the Spirit Whom He Has Given Us. He is...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Father God,   I pray that all of the interactions I have today, that I will be obedient and dependent upon You and Your Holy Spirit in me.   I desire to give You all praise and glory.   May the people I meet ...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1 Corinthians 2:4-5

  • The Temptations Of Life

    Posted September 22, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good – Romans 12:21   What a powerful, concise exhortation this is! In just a few words, Paul sums up the mission of Christian living.   First, be not overcome of evil! There are a thousand different ways in which Satan seeks to tea...

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 451 Reading I Ezr 9:5-9 At the time of the evening sacrifice, I, Ezra, rose in my wretchedness, and with cloak and mantle torn I fell on my knees, stretching out my hands to the LORD, my God. I s...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Lk 9,1-6): Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to drive out all evil spirits and to heal diseases. And He sent them to proclai...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St Augustine's sermon On PastorsDo what they say, not what they do Well then, shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!&r...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be t...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to th...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glor...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Wednesday 22 September 2021 Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory be to the...

  • Draw Strength And Be Encouraged

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise – Psalm 57:7   David begins this psalm asking God to be merciful to him in the time of his calamities. He describes those calamities as facing those with tongues like swords and those who had prepared a net to entr...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The First of Loves Tuesday, September 21, 2021   The very first mention of love in the Bible - where is it? The Hebrew word for love is Ahava. It's found in Genesis 22. Ahava is first mentioned when God said to Abraham, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love (Ahava) and o...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. Isaiah 11:2   The Holy Spirit i...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Lord God,   I am Your grateful servant.   I look forward to the day when I am no longer held by the chains of human frailty and earthly concerns.   Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his f...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Precious in the sight of the Lordis the death of his faithful servants.Truly I am your servant, Lord;I serve you just as my mother did;you have freed me from my chains. Psalm 116:15-16

  • Saint of the Day

    Posted September 21, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

      Saint of the Day St. Matthew St. Matthew the Apostle (1st c.) was a Jew who also went by the name of Levi. He was from Galilee and served in Capernaum as a tax collector for Herod Antipas before becoming a disciple of Jesus. It was in the home of St. M...

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 643 Reading I Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bear...

  • Gospel/Homily

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    September 21st: Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist listen   Download   View 1st Reading and Psalm Gospel text (Mt 9,9-13): As Jesus moved on, He saw a man named Matthew at his seat in the custom-house, and He said to him, «Follow me». And Matthew got up and follo...

  • Spiritual Reading

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  Spiritual Reading Your Second Reading from the Office of Readings: Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Saint Matthew and the Angel (1661) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Musée du Louvre, Paris. A sermon by...

  • Office of Readings

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  Office of Readings Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Gl...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  Morning Prayer (Lauds) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help u...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Mid-Morning Prayer (Terce) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us....

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Midday Prayer (Sext) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory ...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Afternoon Prayer (None) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glo...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast  Vespers (Evening Prayer) Introduction (without Invitatory) If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, use the version with the Invitatory Psalm instead. O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help...

  • Liturgy of the Hours

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Tuesday 21 September 2021 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist - Feast Compline (Night Prayer) (today) The Compline after First or Second Vespers of a Sunday may be substituted for the Compline of a weekday. ________ INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.Glory b...

  • Need Help Writing Thesis: Benefits in Hiring Online Sources

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Dexter North

    It would be unfortunate for individuals to go to school but fail to graduate because of low academic grades. Every school document that students handle contributes to the general scores of the individual. Many times, individuals find it challenging to handle such papers. As such, most of them opt to...

  • The Book Of Proverbs

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Pastor John R. Harvey D.D.

    Enter not into the path of the wicked…Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away– Proverbs 4:14-15   Have you ever been stuck in slow-moving traffic, only to discover finally that the entire delay was caused by people rubber-necking an accident on the other side of the...

  • Sapphries

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    The Passover Lamb New Year's Connection Monday, September 20, 2021   Here in the West, we begin the New Year in January. But in the Bible it wasn't that way. The biblical New Year wasn't January nor was it September as many think. It was in the Spring. It came with the month in...

  • Coffee Time with Jesus

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Jesus: Praying in My (Jesus') Name If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:14   “Jesus” is the name through whom you get your prayers answered. God created humans to have daily needs; that way, they will depend on God and cry out daily to Him. &ld...

  • Daily Prayers

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Daily Prayer Dear Heavenly Father,   Your Word teaches that faith without works is dead...   Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17   Please give me the wisdom and motivation to ste...

  • Verse of the Day

    Posted September 20, 2021 by Pastor Charles Stilwell ULCM

    Lighthouse Ministries Verse of the Day Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. James 2:17

  • Lectionary

    Posted September 19, 2021 by Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

    Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 449 Reading I Ezr 1:1-6 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord inspired King C...